Technology @lemmy.ml Atemu @lemmy.ml 1 yr. ago

The FCC wants to know why data caps are still a thing in 2023

www.techspot.com The FCC wants to know why data caps are still a thing in 2023

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Technology @kbin.social Atemu @lemmy.ml 1 yr. ago

www.techspot.com /news/99113-fcc-wants-know-why-data-caps-thing-2023.html

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Because fuck you, pay me, that’s why.

— Comcast, probably.
- It will always make me happy that no matter how hard they try to make Xfinity happen, everyone remembers their real, ugly face before the facelift, and that ugly face is Comcast.^1
  
  "Stop trying to make ~~fetch~~ Xfinity happen! It's not going to happen!"
  
  Hey Comcast's service improved in my area once google Fiber got installed.
  
  Just goes to show you that companies are fine with you complaining as much as you want, just NEVER let there be an alternative.
Why is the FCC asking this question instead of already correcting the issue?
- They are asking ISPs to lay out their best justification so that they can decide whether it's valid or not. Judging by their wording, they want a good explanation. It's good to gain understanding of something before we gut it and who better to ask for the 'best argument for' than those who enforce it?
Because of corporate greed and a ridiculous lack of meaningful regulation.
It's ridiculous I have to pay Xfinity $110/mo for my speed and unlimited bandwidth
- Over here, I'm getting the Cox... last bill was $99 a month, now my "promo period" expired, and it is the full $170 a month thanks to "unlimited". It's pretty gross, but it is the only plan that gives the "amazing" 30 mbps up. :|
  
  EDIT: This is for home internet, 1000 down/30 up, unlimited data
  
  That’s crazy! I’m paying 18 EUR a month for unlimited 1000 mbps download and 1000 mbps upload and I thought my bill was high. 😲
  
  Oh. You were talking about mobile data. That’s still extremely expensive.
- God damn. In Austria I'm paying 35€ for 250/250, and am still looking over to the Romanians with longing eyes. Data caps are only on mobile - which is still questionable in my eyes.
  
  Data caps on mobile makes more sense to me, simply because mobile data is so much more expensive.
Lack of healthy competition. It's plain to see from the other side of the ocean where I live... Is it maybe one of those things you can only see from afar?
- Nah, we see it too. Those of us whose eyes are open, anyway.
- €20 every 28 days on a PAYG sim for unlimited 5g in Ireland, it's just boggling to see what folks in the US and Canada pay
  
  OP was about data caps on landlines... yeah, at first glance I too thought it could only be mobile

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